Harness-pad



(No Model.)

J. E. NAVE at G. V. BAUER.

HARNESS PAD.

No. 304,950. Patented Sept. 9.1884.

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JOSEPH E. NAVE AND CHARLES V. BAUER, F DANVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HARNESS-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,950, dated September 9, 1884.

Application filed December 13, i883.

(No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that we, J osEPH E. N AVE and CHARLES V. BAUER, citizens of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Boyle and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sweat Cloths or Pads, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to sweat cloths or pads to be used with harness-saddles; and the object we have in View` is to form a cloth in two parts which shall be adjustable at the center and having its two sides padded.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed 'to describe its construction and mode of use.

In the annexed drawings, making partl of this specification, Figure l represents a perspective of one mode of constructing our pad or cloth; Fig. 2, across-section taken through the line x x, and Fig. 3 a modification of our inode of connectingthe cloths.

In the figures, A represents the sweat-cloth proper. B B represent thetwo sides, the cloth being made in two parts.

In Fig. l the cloth is represented as having iiaps C C, which overlap each other, and which are suitably laced or secured together. In Fig. 3 a single center-piece is used to connect the two parts of the cloth, being laced or adjustably fastened to each part.

The sweat-cloth is made of leather upon the outside, but is lined with cloth and then pad ded with cork F, or any other suitable mate- 3 5 rial.

In Fig. l the iiaps are long and overlap each other, while in Fig. 3 the iiaps, as shown, are short and are overlapped by the single piece C. are provided with holes, through which lacing-strings are passed, by means of which the two parts of the pad may be brought closer, together or separated farther apart, in order to accommodate them to the conformation of 45 JOSEPH E. NAVE. CHARLES V. BAUER.

Vi tnesses E. S. LEE, C. W. GArrsKILL.

The iiaps, as also the ends of the pads, 4o 

